(Vatican Radio) On 'Vatican Weekend' for May 16, 2015 you can listen to our weekly report on the general audience of Pope Francis, a feature which focuses on the devotion to Our Lady of Fatima and a musical meditation centred around the Ascension of Our Lord into Heaven.

Authorities in Ploërmel, a small town in Brittany, France have been told they have 6 months to remove a 29 foot (8.75 m) tall bronze statue of Pope John Paul II which has graced one of the town’s squares since 2006.

Pope Francis greets members of the John Paul II Foundation on 25 April.

Following the announcement that Pope Francis will visit Cuba in September, we look back at the visits of his predecessors to the Caribbean island nation where atheism was the official state policy until the early 1990s

A graphic showing Pope St John Paul II's different journeys to Canada. On the 10th anniversary of the Saint's death, Canada celebrates the first edition of Pope John Paul II day. (Image from the Archdiocese of Toronto)

On the 10th anniversary of the death of Pope St John Paul II, Canada celebrates the first edition of “Pope John Paul II Day.” Vatican Radio spoke with Canada's ambassador to the Holy See, Dennis Savoie, about the Pope's importance for Canada.